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 "id": "event/battle-ford-of-sorrows-575",
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 "slug": "battle-ford-of-sorrows-575",
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  "ar": "وقعة مخاضة الأحزان وتخريب حصن بيت يعقوب",
  "en": "The battle of the Ford of Sorrows (Jacob's Ford, 575 AH)"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "بنى الفرنج حصناً منيعاً يقارب بانياس عند بيت يعقوب بمكان يعرف بمخاضة الأحزان، فأقام صلاح الدين ببانياس وبث غاراته على بلادهم؛ وفي سنة خمس وسبعين وخمسمائة أرسل جماعة من عسكره مع جالي الميرة فخرج عليهم الفرنج بملكهم، فسار صلاح الدين في العساكر حتى وافاهم وهم في القتال، فقاتل الفرنج قتالاً شديداً وحملوا على المسلمين حملات كادت تزيلهم عن مواقفهم ثم هُزموا وكثر قتلاهم ونجا ملكهم فريداً، وأُسر خلق كثير منهم ابن بيرزان صاحب الرملة ونابلس وهو أعظم الفرنج محلاً بعد الملك، وأخوه صاحب جبيل وصاحب طبرية ومقدم الداوية ومقدم الاسبتارية وصاحب جينين؛ وفدى ابن بيرزان نفسه بمائة ألف وخمسين ألف دينار صورية وإطلاق ألف أسير مسلم، وكان أكثر العمل في ذلك اليوم لعز الدين فرخشاه ابن أخي صلاح الدين وقد ذكر بيتي المتنبي فهان الموت في عينه وألقى بنفسه إليه فكان ذلك سبب الظفر؛ ثم خرب صلاح الدين الحصن {cite:kamil-ibn-al-athir p. 95-96}.",
  "en": "The Franks built a strong castle by Jacob's Ford near Banias at the 'Ford of Sorrows'; in 575 Saladin, holding Banias, sent out a foraging escort that the Frankish king's whole host fell upon — he raced up, the Muslims were nearly flung from their stands, then broke the Franks: their king escaped alone while Balian 'ibn Barzan' of Ramla and Nablus, his brother of Jubayl, the lord of Tiberias, the masters of the Templars and Hospitallers and the lord of Janin were taken. Ibn Barzan ransomed himself for 150,000 Tyrian dinars and a thousand Muslim captives; the day's work was Izz al-Din Farrukhshah's, who recited al-Mutanabbi's two verses and threw himself on death — then Saladin demolished the fort {cite:kamil-ibn-al-athir p. 95-96}."
 },
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 "regions": [
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 "periods": [
  "period/crusades-ayyubid-mamluk"
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 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "crusades"
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  "latest": 1179.9988363894904
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  "start": {
   "hijri": "0575",
   "edtf": "1179",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "tradition",
   "note": "سنة ٥٧٥هـ {cite:kamil-ibn-al-athir p. 95-96}.",
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   "hijri": "0575",
   "edtf": "1179",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "tradition",
   "note": "سنة ٥٧٥هـ {cite:kamil-ibn-al-athir p. 95-96}.",
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   "start": {
    "hijri": "0575",
    "edtf": "1179",
    "calendar": "julian",
    "precision": "year",
    "status": "tradition",
    "note": "سنة ٥٧٥هـ {cite:kamil-ibn-al-athir p. 95-96}.",
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  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "الكامل في التاريخ — ابن الأثير، مسح kamilt00_201908، ص 95-96",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High) from Apple Vision OCR",
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  "status": {
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "يروي ابن الأثير أن الفرنج بنوا حصناً منيعاً عند بيت يعقوب في مكان يعرف بمخاضة الأحزان، قرب بانياس. فأقام [[person/salah-al-din-yusuf-ibn-ayyub|صلاح الدين]] ببانياس وأغار على بلادهم. {cite:kamil-ibn-al-athir p. 95-96}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "المعركة",
     "markdown": "في سنة 575هـ خرج الفرنج بملكهم على جماعة من عسكر المسلمين، فسار صلاح الدين بالعساكر. وقاتل الفرنج قتالاً شديداً، ثم هُزموا وكثر قتلاهم، ونجا ملكهم. {cite:kamil-ibn-al-athir p. 95-96}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الأسرى",
     "markdown": "أُسر خلق كثير، منهم [[person/ibn-barzan|ابن بيرزان]] صاحب الرملة ونابلس، وقد فدى نفسه بمائة ألف وخمسين ألف دينار صورية وإطلاق ألف أسير مسلم. وكان أكثر العمل في ذلك اليوم لـ[[person/izz-al-din-farrukhshah|عز الدين فرخشاه]] ابن أخي صلاح الدين. ثم خرّب صلاح الدين الحصن. {cite:kamil-ibn-al-athir p. 95-96}"
    }
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    "id": "event/battle-ford-of-sorrows-575",
    "lang": "ar",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Ibn al-Athir relates that the Franks built a strong fort at the House of Jacob, in a place known as the Ford of Sorrows (makhadat al-ahzan), near Banias. [[person/salah-al-din-yusuf-ibn-ayyub|Salah al-Din]] stayed at Banias and raided their lands. {cite:kamil-ibn-al-athir p. 95-96}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "The battle",
     "markdown": "In 575 AH the Franks came out with their king against a group of the Muslim army, and Salah al-Din marched with the troops. The Franks fought very fiercely, then they were routed, many of them were killed, and their king escaped. {cite:kamil-ibn-al-athir p. 95-96}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "The captives",
     "markdown": "Many were taken captive, among them [[person/ibn-barzan|Ibn Barzan]], lord of Ramla and Nablus, who ransomed himself for a hundred and fifty thousand Tyrian dinars and the release of a thousand Muslim captives. Most of the work on that day was done by [[person/izz-al-din-farrukhshah|Izz al-Din Farrukhshah]], the nephew of Salah al-Din. Then Salah al-Din destroyed the fort. {cite:kamil-ibn-al-athir p. 95-96}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/battle-ford-of-sorrows-575",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
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  "event/conquest-shaqif-578",
  "event/fall-of-acre-587",
  "event/franks-siege-damietta-564",
  "event/sicilian-assault-alexandria-569",
  "event/waqat-al-sudan-cairo-564",
  "screen/al-nasir-salah-al-din-1963",
  "screen/kudus-fatihi-selahaddin-eyyubi-2023"
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